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Do You Remember The First Time...

Posted at 9:24 PM on June 18, 2007 by Mark Wheat (16 Comments)

you bought an album with your own money and where from?
This is one of the questions Mojo magazine always asks in its version of "Random Rules'.
Tonight I played "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to me)" from Band On The Run, the first Wings release in 1973. That was my first and it was fun to hear it again in celebration of Sir Paul McCartney's birthday, he's 65 now! It was from 'Wheelers' a shop that sold a few albums but specialized in electrical appliances in my home town of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England...yes for all those who STILL think I come from Australia, I don't!

Thanks for all your support during the Fund Drive last week, that was a blast, especially Friday hanging out with Seely and Mary and making our goal with 15 minutes to go. You guys rock !!

Comments (16)

September 1, 2000:

Mac, who has lived a rather music-less childhood and adolescence to this point, goes to a local big-box retailer and buys U2's The Joshua Tree. That was how it all began.

Posted by Mac Wilson | June 18, 2007 11:35 PM

I honestly think the first album I EVER bought was by Ray Stevens. the one with the Squirrel getting lose in the church! I used to sing that song all day long. my friends always got a kick out of it!

Posted by Joshua | June 19, 2007 1:26 AM

I was in the 6th grade. I believe it was Will Smith's "Big Willie Style." Yikes.

Posted by Hannah | June 19, 2007 7:07 AM

The first album i ever bought with my own money was "New Traditionalists" by Devo. I was in the 5th grade and i bought it at the local MusicLand at the London Square Mall. The guy behind the counter said to me "Are you sure you want to buy this?!" I almost put the record back... I'm glad I didn't. It is still one of my all time favorites...

Posted by Wells T. | June 19, 2007 9:18 AM

I don't remember for sure, but I think it was either a Beatles or a Beach Boys album from Musicland on Highway 12 (now 394) in the early 70's.

Posted by Frick | June 19, 2007 9:32 AM

A 45 of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." It had a cool alternate version on the B-side.

Posted by Jacquie Fuller | June 19, 2007 9:53 AM

Bill Joel "Glass Houses". Unfortunately I left it by my mom and dad's furnace vent and it turned into a pile of molten black plastic which subsequently was tossed into the trash. I do believe my second album of all time, "Foreigner 4" is still in existence.

Posted by botski | June 19, 2007 10:20 AM

Hah! You'll never make me tell!!!

It contained a smash single by a TV personality, I believe I bought it at "Shoppers City," and it was released in 1973.

[Clapping hand over Frick's mouth]

Posted by Auntie | June 19, 2007 11:23 AM

It was Make It Big by Wham. I was subsequently teased with no mercy for ten minutes by my friend's older brother, who was a die hard U2 fan. Many years later I understood why. I would have teased me, too.

Posted by Steve | June 19, 2007 12:27 PM

My first two albums were the Moody Blues' "Days of Future Past" and Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers," when I was 12 or 13--through the Columbia Record Club! Still have them, too.

Posted by Em | June 19, 2007 12:32 PM

I saved my lunch money for a week to buy a 4 year-old, used copy of Van Halen's eponymous album from a kid in my 7th grade class. My parents had purchased a couple of gems for me in the year preceeding my VH purchase (Kiss - Dynasty and Blondie's Eat To The Beat).

Posted by Barb Abney | June 19, 2007 12:38 PM

After mowing the lawn for the billionth time, I had finally scraped together enough money to buy the Smells Like Teen Spirit Maxi-Single. If I remember correctly it was about $5, a month of lawn mowing for sure. I was big into singles, and wasn't sure if this new fangled band Nirvana was going to stick around or be just another flash in the pan. Even as a grade schooler I was tired of popular/sucky music. Nirvana turned out to be alright though, I guess. :)

Posted by Derek Schille | June 19, 2007 12:59 PM

I was eight. Mom took me to Great American Music so I could purchase "Candy-o" by The Cars. It must have been the the girl laying across the hood of the car on the album's cover that made her convince me to make another choice. I went home with "Glass Houses" by Billy Joel.
I learned an important lesson that day.

Posted by tommybrooklyn | June 19, 2007 4:21 PM

I cant believe I am about to say this...but it was "Music Power", one of those famed Ktel hit collections. Tracks on it include Smokin in the Boys Room and Dead Skunk In The Middle of The Road.

Why dont the release those on CD!!

Posted by Mike | June 19, 2007 4:59 PM

Oh yeah, early 70s, I scraped together some paper route money and took the bus downtown to Daytons, headed straight to the music department (7th floor, maybe) and picked up a couple of cassettes - "Sgt. Pepper" and Three Dog Night's "Golden Biscuits."

A couple years later when I got a proper turntable, my first vinyl purchases were Led Zep IV (new) and "Abbey Road" which caught my eye in the used bin as I was heading to the counter at Humble Sounds, a head shop/record store at 50th and Bryant.

Posted by Bill Wareham | June 19, 2007 8:11 PM

I am enjoying the sheepish Glass Houses stories. I was in your shoes once...I feel your pain.

Posted by Mac Wilson | June 21, 2007 12:03 AM

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